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I consciously choose to focus most of my comics on long-term social justice issues, rather than commenting on current news stories. But sometimes it feels impossible not to comment. There’s a supporting blogpost and transcript about this cartoon here;...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Thu May 09, 2024 at 07:53 AM PDT
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Monday, May 6 Harvard Pro-Palestine Encampment At the Harvard Square T station, around 200 excited kids carrying signs, wearing kaffiyehs, or bearing small Palestinian flags are heading for a high school demonstration on Boston Commons. A girl with a...
by AliceT4
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on Wed May 08, 2024 at 11:08 AM PDT
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By David Helvarg “Pigs off Campus,” is what none of the thousands of pro-Palestinian anti-war student protestors have shouted at the police as they’ve been arrested on campuses from New York to Texas to California in the last weeks. But that is what...
by Blue Notes
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on Tue May 07, 2024 at 08:32 AM PDT
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Macklemore. dropped an admitted bop against the genocide today. Called “Hind’s Hall”, it was all on point except for his claim that he isn’t voting for Biden in the fall. Like Trump would be better. I am not a Biden fan, but this is just fucking stupid...
by Jules McGee
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 08:10 PM PDT
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After a good dose of positive momentum in mid-late April, I have recently felt, along with various others around here I’m sure, a weight on our spirits and diminished hopes for a not-Trump-autocracy in six to eight months’ time. SCOTUS is a cerberustic...
by AnOceanOfNotions
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 11:25 PM PDT
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Many of my concerns about the disputes over the war in Gaza were expressed in the excellent essay “We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses” by NYU Israel Studies professor Lihi Ben Shitrit. She describes how supposedly...
by AChris
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 08:08 PM PDT
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As always: if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...
by Tom Tomorrow
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 04:55 AM PDT
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I want to begin by saying that I am Jewish. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and I totally oppose Netanyahu and Israeli policy in Gaza. I support a two state solution and want there to be an immediate cease fire and release of hostages. That being...
by aPauledInNJ
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on Sun May 05, 2024 at 09:28 AM PDT
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American televised news’ superficiality is creating an inflammatory picture of the protests, reducing it to hyper-charged good-bad, us-them. Quick clips of violent action to sum up everything. On the ground of the conflict, the really bad actors are...
by Soulfulpsy44
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on Thu May 02, 2024 at 07:11 PM PDT
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I have been saddened by reading certain perspectives in Kos on the Palestine protests. Some people are defending the indefensible because they agree with the ultimate aims of the protesters. That is not only wrong but also highly counterproductive....
by Al Bert
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on Thu May 02, 2024 at 01:09 PM PDT
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You may be thinking, “is this another story about the IDF targeting journalists?” While it is true that the CPJ reports 97 journalists and media workers confirmed dead as of May 1, this is about the targeting of student journalists by pro-war...
by leftest
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 11:53 PM PDT
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Nick Kristof is a good guy. He writes for the New York Times, but he is unlike some of their other writers (cough cough Judy Miller). He has helpfully provided a gift link to his latest OpEd, which is his advice to the protesting students. I agree with...
by SevenStrings
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 04:47 PM PDT
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I get a distinct feeling of deja vu when I watch the news lately. If you live long enough, you get to see it all again. I graduated from high school in 1969 and started the next fall at Indiana University. Later in my freshman year, four students were...
by elsaf
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 03:34 PM PDT
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Best defense of student protests on MSM. Discomfort a must from protests. Gaza annihilation. Really? Today, Mara Gay & Anand Giridaradas vigorously defended student protests on #MorningJoe. Protests are only effective if they cause a level of discomfort. Israeli minister calls for the destruction of Gaza. The best defense of student protests on MSM....
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 01:01 PM PDT
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We may be witnessing a historic fracture within the democratic coalition. Let us start with the obvious. There was a fair amount of violence at the college protests last night. Most of this (maybe even *all* of it) was directed at the “pro-Palestinian”...
by SevenStrings
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 08:57 AM PDT
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Great because good For those who are old enough to remember the pre Ronald Reagan era, you may remember a different era of political persuasion. In my opinion, the new era that we live in is best summarized by a line from Hillary Clinton. In her speech...
by SevenStrings
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 04:14 PM PDT
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Once again college campuses are the site of protests. Students across the country are camped out protesting US military support for Israel. Why is it that protests erupt on college campuses so frequently? What it is about the university as an...
by pastdoc
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 10:59 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Jeff Danziger.
by Jeff Danziger
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 10:25 AM PDT
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As always: if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...
by Tom Tomorrow
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 04:59 AM PDT
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Mr. Netanyahu appeared to equate protests against his government’s prosecution of the war Gaza with hatred of Jews. He said the protests on American campuses were “reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s,” an apparent reference...
by shopkeeper
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on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 06:23 AM PDT
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